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An AI Trading System Lost 96% in Backtesting

An AI Trading System Lost 96% in Backtesting

Posted July 23, 2026 at 10:00 am

Adrian Reid
Enlightened Stock Trading , Interactive Brokers

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Can AI create a profitable trading strategy? From our webinar, Adrian Reid explores what happened when an AI-generated trading system was backtested on more than 30 years of market data.

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